as in to disgust
to cause to feel disgust
sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river
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Recent Examples of sicken
The spirits of jealous lovers possess and sicken primary characters; scandals in one generation echo, transformed, in the next.
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Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
State health officials have declared an end to the measles outbreak that sickened at least 762 people in West Texas.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 20 Aug. 2025
More than 100 people have been sickened by the illness since the outbreak began in Harlem in late July.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
The outbreak had sickened at least 99 people as of Thursday, 17 of whom were hospitalized, officials said.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
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Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
State health officials have declared an end to the measles outbreak that sickened at least 762 people in West Texas.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 20 Aug. 2025
More than 100 people have been sickened by the illness since the outbreak began in Harlem in late July.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
The outbreak had sickened at least 99 people as of Thursday, 17 of whom were hospitalized, officials said.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicken
Verb
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Locals were disgusted with city leadership’s inept handling of the crisis.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The woman was disgusted by the comments and left the room, according to the outlets, citing the records.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Like Einstein, Brassard feels repulsed by the way the particles in the Bell experiment seem to have firsthand awareness of each other despite being separated by, in principle, light-years of space.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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This is something that finally repulses Ivor, and that Orla also grapples with.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
27 July 2025
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Leo’s appalled; Geno looks forward to eating.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s victories against the bureaucracy have appalled many Democrats, though none have much of a theory on how to put Humpty Dumpty back together.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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However, within hours of consuming them, your heart starts racing, you’re nauseated and vomiting.—
Joshua Kellogg,
The Conversation,
15 Aug. 2025
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The action is at at best competent but uninspired, and at worst (such as a sword fight toward the end) choppy and nauseating.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Aug. 2025
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The camera cuts between Dennis, who’s sobbing, and Roman, who’s horrified, processing Dennis’ betrayal.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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However, the rest of the AI industry is likely horrified by the settlement, which advocates had suggested could set an alarming precedent that could financially ruin emerging AI companies like Anthropic.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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